The way I see it, 390's prominent setting on the river makes the cheap cladding stand out even more. I agree the balcony's treatment on Glasshouse could of been better but, it still doesn't amount to a large wall made of small seaform spandrel panels held up by miles of mullion caps. The window wall on Glasshouse is cleaner and modern.

Who knows. Maybe it will take a few more 390s popping up for the novelty of "being different" to wear out.

390s mullions are more obvious, but for some reason there appear to be more of them on Glasshouse, although they blend in better for sure.

But to the final point, Winnipeg needs more projects of this or even slightly smaller scale to populate a new modern design standard. Hopefully architects and landowners then start getting creative.

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Originally Posted by trueviking

I like the way it looks too. It quite effectively disguises the fact that it really is a lot of solid wall with punched windows.

of course, I would never buy there, because of the questionable construction details, but it is nice looking.

390s mullions are more obvious, but for some reason there appear to be more of them on Glasshouse, although they blend in better for sure.

But to the final point, Winnipeg needs more projects of this or even slightly smaller scale to populate a new modern design standard. Hopefully architects and landowners then start getting creative.

I actually think this is a huge thing here – people kind of just going by the status quo, what everyone else is doing. People tend to follow trends here... Notice that soon as the RBC building was lit up at 220 Portage, everyone seems to be following that trend now. Same thing with grey/black buildings.

People hopefully see the potential in things like glasshouse and 390, and follow suit. There's a lot of big egos in real estate, and everyone wants to beat the competition lol.